Exploits & Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician
by Alfred Jarry
Title:
Exploits & Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician
Author:
Alfred Jarry
Edited by:
Roger Shattuck
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
139 pages
Publisher:
Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
ISBN-13:
9781878972071
EAN:
9781878972071
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
360
Dimensions (mm):
203 x 153 x 10
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£12.19
1 copies in stock
Qty
Description
The founding text of pataphysics ("the science of imaginary solutions"), and one of the most quietly influential novels of the 20th centuryAlfred Jarry is best known as the author of the proto-Dada play Ubu Roi, but this anarchic novel of absurdist philosophy is widely regarded as the central work to his oeuvre. Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll recounts the adventures of the inventor of "Pataphysics ... the science of imaginary solutions."
Books by Alfred Jarry
Ubu Roi
Alfred Jarry
£3.29
Ubu Royale
Alfred Jarry
£9.08
Books under Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
If Morning Ever Comes
Anne Tyler
£9.07
Clergy Omnibus
P.G. Wodehouse
£16.49
Solomon Gursky Was Here
Mordecai Richler
£10.72
Lucia Victrix
E. F. Benson
£15.67
Caleb Williams
William Godwin
£10.72
Noodle Maker
Ma Jian
£14.02
Scent of Death
Andrew Taylor
£9.07
Paradise Fields
Katie Fforde
£8.24
Le Divorce
Diane Johnson
£13.19
I Wished For You
Amy Huberman
£14.02